as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
another gassy speech by a long-winded politician
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Recent Examples of gassy
The discards soon ended up in a massive tank that mimics a cow’s digestion — minus the release of gassy byproducts — where they were turned into compost and renewable energy.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
Imagine being trapped in tight quarters with a gassy old sailor.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
But the Bezos Earth Fund and Global Methane Hub kicked off a $27.4 million program that’s aimed at breeding cattle and other farm animals that are naturally less gassy.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The exoplanets as puffy as cotton candy Super-puff planets have tiny cores and thick gassy coats of hydrogen or helium, such that their overall density is as light as cotton candy.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
Imagine being trapped in tight quarters with a gassy old sailor.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
But the Bezos Earth Fund and Global Methane Hub kicked off a $27.4 million program that’s aimed at breeding cattle and other farm animals that are naturally less gassy.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The exoplanets as puffy as cotton candy Super-puff planets have tiny cores and thick gassy coats of hydrogen or helium, such that their overall density is as light as cotton candy.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gassy
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Two days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a rhetorical gap between Arizona politicos highlighted a major split for the congressional delegation, with some members turning to other matters or saying nothing at all.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken an increasingly hard rhetorical line on immigration.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Aug. 2025
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All living things need the element to make biomolecules such as DNA, but most species can’t make use of the N2 molecule, nitrogen’s gaseous form.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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On-hand inventories of enriched uranium below five percent as well as natural uranium in the gaseous form would be limited to the amount required to meet near-term fueling needs.—
Robert J. Einhorn,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Gassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gassy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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